We will be hunted down and killed, translators fear

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Afghan interpreters working with British forces cling on to anonymityTimes photographer Richard Pohle

Jeremy KellyKabul

Published at 12:01AM, May 6 2013

An interpreter for British forces in Afghanistan says that he has been warned by locals in Helmand province that he will be hunted down when foreign troops leave.

David Cameron, the Prime Minister, has indicated that only some of about 600 interpreters will be offered asylum in Britain, but the man, who is still working for the British, has given a disturbing account of the risks that he and his colleagues face at the end of next year.

“They don’t call us translators or interpreters — they say we are spies for the foreigners,” said the 22-year-old, who asked not to